Historical action drama Pompeii recreated the eponymous ancient Roman city filming on location in Toronto, Canada. The film tells the story of a slave-turned-gladiator struggling to save the aristocratic woman he loves against the backdrop of Pompeii's infamous volcanic eruption.
The CFP-E (Commercial Film Producers of Europe)/Shots Young Director Award (YDA) competition will open for entries on 10 February 2014. Filmmakers submitting their shorts will have the opportunity to showcase their work to the global production industry.
[slideshow id=383]Business is booming for television production and countries around the world are clamouring for a piece of the action. High-end television shows with movie-scale production values are commanding large audiences, but what impact does this have on local industries and is it a long-term trend?
Tom Hanks and director Paul Greengrass filmed Malta and the military facilities of Virginia in the US for modern piracy drama Captain Phillips. The movie tells the true story of Captain Richard Phillips, whose merchant ship the Maersk Alabama was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009.
Andrea is an experienced journalist and moved to Peru in 2007 as a stringer for the New York Times. Her work quickly expanded to location filming fixer and line producer for TV and documentary filmmakers. Andrea is tri-lingual and works with clients from all over the world.
Sci-fi feature Looper has benefitted from its status as a US-China co-production by becoming the first Hollywood film to open bigger in China than in America. Filmmaker Rian Johnson switched part of the story from a French to a Chinese setting so he could qualify as a co-production.
[slideshow id=255]Peter's 1976 Tanzanian summer job working with the renowned archeologist Dr Mary Leakey at the Olduvai Gorge turned into an eight-year stay. He became involved with filming due to the number of film crews that regularly visited Olduvai to interview Dr Leakey and other scientists.
The UK Government is being called on to boost British TV production by launching filming incentives similar to what’s already available for features. Producers say the UK is losing ‘cinematic’ TV like The Tudors to countries such as Ireland and Hungary that offer TV filming incentives.